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Lemony Cheese Tart with Blueberry Toppings

I love cheese cake; I love the creamy filling that goes so perfectly with the crust; I love the taste; I love the smell. It is so good to be true. Yes, one piece probably costs you  300 – 500 calories depending on the size and ingredient. Although I have a sweet tooth, I will still eat it because I love it.  If we buy a cheesecake, I would be the one who is eating up the whole cake. So after a while I am not buying anymore and nor making anymore because no one in the house will eat more than one piece.  It will just sit there. Can’t even remember when the last time was but it was long enough.

I once saw these ready made bottom crust in the grocery store and gosh, they are the mini tarts in a pack of six! I was so excited when I found them. This is great because it is small portion perfect for individual size.  So during one lovely Saturday afternoon about two weeks ago, I made these Mini Cheese Tarts as an after dinner dessert for my dear girlfriends. They loved it.

I made the cheese tarts into two different flavors, 3 of them were Chocolate Swirl with Chocolate Nut Spread Crust for chocolate sweets lover, the other 3 of them were Lemony Cheese Tart with Blueberries Topping for a refreshing summer flavor. I just did it for fun because they looked so cute. Either way you can always double the ingredients to make all 6 cheese tarts in one flavor.

Ingredient:
3/4 of the 8 oz  package cream cheese
2 tbsp sour cream
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg

For Lemony cheese tart with blueberries topping
2-3 drips of lemon juice
some blueberries

For Chocolate Swirl cheese tart
2 semi-sweet chocolate
1 tbsp Walnuts or Pecans (chopped)

Preparation:

1. Beat egg and sugar till pale yellow, add thawed cream cheese and sour cream, combine well till smooth. Do not overbeat.
2. Separate cream cheese mixture into two bowls.
3. For Lemony cheese tart, add in few drips lemon juice into one of the cream cheese mixture and combine. Scoop 1-2 tbsp mixture to fill in 3 mini crusts. Set aside. (Place the blueberries on top only when the cream cheese is set before serving)
4. For chocolate cheese tart, microwave chocolate pieces till half melt then stir till smooth. Spread some chocolate on the bottom of the remaining 3 mini crusts, add some chopped nuts on the chocolate spread. Use the other cream cheese mixture spoon 1-2 tbsp  and fill in the crust (option: you can add some chocolate to this cream cheese mixture for extra taste). To do the chocolate swirl, spoon a small chocolate drop on to the middle of cheese tart, use a tooth pick to swirl the pattern from the chocolate center.
5. Refrigerate about 1 hour till set. If not completely set you can freeze it, then thaw for 5 minutes before serving.